Kerala's 26 % water sources polluted, says studyThe study assumes significance against the backdrop of water scarcity being faced by the state which may worsen in the future.
20 Nov, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy resigns over encroachment chargesThe resignation comes a day after the Kerala High Court dismissed Chandy's petition challenging a report of the Alappuzha district collecto...
15 Nov, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
LDF wants CM Pinarayi Vijayan to take decision on Thomas ChandyThe AG had recently informed that the Alappuzha collector's report on the alleged encroachment of land for a resort owned by Chandy was leg...
13 Nov, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
BJP leaders meet governor, seek Kerala minister's resignation over land encroachment chargesThe development came on a day when a crucial meeting of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala was on at the AKG Centre here to discuss the is...
12 Nov, 2017, 07.24 PM IST
Amit Shah to visit Kerala next month to discuss party expansion in the stateBJP is ready to hold talks with any political outfit that accept the NDA's policies, the party's Kerala president told reporters after a me...
08 May, 2017, 08.19 PM IST
Kerala government rescinds Amendment to Land Assignment Rules after stiff oppositionCPI(M) had alleged that it was with an objective to regularise large-scale encroachments in Kerala, especially in high range region of Iduk...
04 Aug, 2015, 07.39 PM IST
Amendments made to Kerala land assignment rules to regularise landEnvironmentalists and Opposition parties flayed the government decision, alleging that it would abet encroachments, encourage land and quar...
03 Aug, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
- Diversion of 35,867-ha of forest land okayed in 2014: Govt
The government has given approval for diversion of 35,867 hectares of forest land in a total of 783 cases in 2014, Parliament was informed ...
28 Apr, 2015, 05.47 PM IST
Diversion of 35,867-ha of forest land approved in 2014: GovernmentOn the issue of encroachment in Sunderbans forest area, he said in a separate reply that, barring two cases, there are no encroachments in ...
28 Apr, 2015, 05.13 PM IST
Muslim body to move Supreme Court over marriageable age for community girlsHolding that fixing marriageable age for Muslims was an encroachment into their religious rights, a muslim body has moved to the SC.
21 Sep, 2013, 11.24 PM IST
- 4400 hectare forest land still with encroachers in Kerala
A total of 4400 hectares of forest land in Kerala is still in the hands of encroachers, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy told the assemb...
10 Jun, 2013, 01.48 PM IST
Indian forests face threat from illegal encroachment: GovtAccording to a new government document, nearly 1.25 million hectares of ecologically fragile areas have been illegally occupied by humans.
02 Dec, 2012, 11.28 AM IST
- Pro-CPI(M)Adivasi outfit calls off land stir
The four-month-old land right agitation led by the outfit in Kerala's Wayanad was called off today following talks held by Chief Minister V...
30 Aug, 2010, 12.18 PM IST
- Kerala politicians serve storm in Munnar tea cup
In the misty heights of Munnar's tea plantation-rich hill slopes, the serenity has just been broken with political posturing.
29 Jan, 2010, 07.11 PM IST
- Meet the bourgeois disciples of Marx
The CPM, which is rated the richest organisation after the Church in Kerala, is doing well for itself in Delhi. Its clout at the Centre app...
10 Jun, 2008, 02.22 AM IST
- Tata Tea denies encroachment
Tata Tea denies the allegation that it has encroached 'thousands of acres of land' in Munnar.
16 Jul, 2007, 03.54 AM IST
- KPCC wants judicial probe in Smart City project deal
The Kerala PCC on Friday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge into the deal clinched between the state government and Dubai-based T...
01 Jun, 2007, 03.40 PM IST